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Famed investor Cathie Wood attracted major public attention last year, and for good reason. Her company's flagship exchange-traded fund, Ark Innovation ETF, skyrocketed 149% in 2020. The pandemic

If you have $5,000 to invest, you're doing better than most. According to a recent survey from personal finance website The Balance, half of Americans have less than $250 left over at the end of the

Believe it or not, earnings season is just around the corner again. Companies operating on the calendar year will wrap up their third quarter in less than two weeks. As usual, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX)

No matter the sector or industry, top-tier growth stocks all share the same fundamental attributes. From Tesla to Netflix to Adobe, these companies are able to expand their businesses, retain a slew

Dividend investors can often get caught up focusing too much attention on a stock's yield. Instead, the better approach is to concentrate on dividend growth. That's because dividend growers have

Despite optimism for a Biden infrastructure bill that supports electric vehicles, many automakers have seen their share prices struggle as of late. Traditional automakers including Toyota, GM, and

DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) stock has been on fire lately. It's up 32% in the last three months and 50% overall for 2021. The company is quashing investor concerns about its prospects as economies reopen

When a biotech company develops a drug candidate that can help millions of people fight a monstrous disease such as Alzheimer's, it will certainly gain attention from scientists, the news media, and

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has started to rebuild its order momentum in 2021, following the dual crises of the 737 MAX grounding and the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the first eight months of the year, the

In October, Social Security may award retirees the biggest increase in benefits since the 1980s. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics updated the key inflation measure -- CPI-W -- used by

Semiconductor manufacturer Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was asleep at the wheel as rival Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) rose from the dead. AMD's products were terrible from 2011 through 2017, built

You can't sign up for Social Security until you're at least 62, but in a way, you're claiming benefits from your entire working life. The decisions you're making right now have far-reaching effects

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) shares have soared more than 55% and counting in the past year. Of course, the iconic platform is best known as a micro-blogging social network. But it's quickly evolving into

Shares of chip design giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) have outperformed the broad market for years. As of this writing, the stock is up 60% since the start of 2020 and almost 200% over the last five

Would AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) partnering with GameStop (NYSE: GME) really result in a worthwhile collaboration that could make either company a buy? Or is it just a bit of fan service

More than 7.4 million people in the U.S. and 125 million worldwide suffer from psoriasis, an autoimmune disease of varying severity that often leads to red patchy skin on the elbows, knees, scalp

GameStop (NYSE: GME) is best known for its inclusion in the 2021 meme stock frenzy whipped up by Reddit investors. Shares of the once stagnant gaming retailer skyrocketed due to the online community

While high-growth, meme, and cryptocurrency stocks get all the attention these days, cloud giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) just continues to do what it's always done under CEO Satya Nadella: mint

The maximum Social Security benefit in 2021 is $3,895 per month. There's a very good chance you won't get anywhere close to this amount -- and you need to be prepared for that reality. 

Here's why

One of the more memorable quotes about dividend investing comes from Raymond DeVoe Jr., who wrote a long-running financial newsletter known as The DeVoe Report. Because yields that are significantly

Stocks with game-changing growth potential can grow exponentially in a matter of years, but among the many companies aggressively pursuing growth today, only a handful seem capable of making it

Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) provided its fiscal 2022 second-quarter update earlier this month. In this Motley Fool Live video, recorded on Sept. 8, Fool contributors Keith Speights and Brian Orelli

Fitness company Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) saw its business thrive in 2020 when many brick-and-mortar gyms were closed. This causes some investors to question whether this company can

Life science facilities are perhaps the hottest real estate subsector right now, and there are some great ways for investors to get a piece of the action. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on

Finding value when the stock market is setting new records tends to be difficult. Investors have to be careful that they are not buying stocks as earnings are peaking. This is often the difference